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Each day during Fashion Month, we’re bringing you exclusive images on our Instagram of your favorite brands (and soon-to-be obsessions), straight from the front of the runway. Can’t keep up? That’s cool too, because we’re also re-capping our favorite shows here online. Ready, set, follow us at @essentialhomme, and lez go! First up for New York is the biannual New York Men’s Day.
David Hart
A staple white shoe finishes each of David Hart’s vibrant looks, complete with multi- colored constructed sweaters and accessorized with effortlessly round eyewear.
GARCIAVALEZ
Dive into a cool-blue world of color with GARCIAVALEZ’s breezy and simply cut ensembles.
CWST
CWST knows how to make that all-black ensemble pop with a wrinkled-pleat texture and some serious layering.
PLAC
Dreary-chic takes on a whole new meaning at PLAC, where oversized outerwear pairs with striped black and white undershirts perfect to outfit a streetwear ready squad.
Kenneth Ning
Kenneth Ning revamps a classic lace styling with intricately patterned jackets and pants, confidently reinventing a traditional look for today’s contemporary market.
After seven days of rambunctious, perfectly-lit chaos how could we possibly let the fun of New York Fashion Week retire to just web gallery heaven? In the spirit of rehashing our favorite shows, dancing at our desks, and bobbing about in and out of sartorial heaven (follow us on Soundcloud), we present you with this season’s trendiest and most terrific fashion show tunes.
The mix:
Soundtrack from David Hart‘s Autumn/Winter 2015 presentation in New York City at Industria Superstudio for New York Men’s Day by Xavier TVK.
Track list in the following order:
01. “Lightning Bold” – Jake Bugg
02. “Murder of Crows” – Lindi Ortega
03. “Flames Go Higher” – Eagles of Death Metal
04. “Big Iron” – Marty Robbins
05. “I’m Gonna Make Her Love Me” – Jim Ford
06. “La Chica Rockabilly” – Rebel Cats
07. “Iguazu” – Gustavo Santaolalla
08. “Personal Jesus” – Johnny Cash
09. “Venom” – The Wagon Train
10. “Smoking Pixels” – Jungle
11. “Honey Bun” – The Rhythm Boys
12. “Far From Any Road” – Far From Any Road
13. “Get Off” – The Dandy Warhols
14. “Fire And Brimstone” – Link Wray
15. “Cocaine Blues” – The Big Smokes Band
16. “Western Drugs Sunrise” – Al’Tarba
17. “Gone, Gone, Gone” – Nikki Lane
Audio: Xavier TVK for David Hart.
Need some visuals? Check out our backstage coverage of David Hart’s Autumn/Winter 2015 presentation here.
Neither Essential Homme Magazine nor David Hart claim ownership of any of these songs. If you have ownership of music in this playlist and wish to not be included, please contact us at INFO [at] essentialhommemag.com and we will remove immediately.
Take a hearty helping of southwestern style, add a dash of Hollywood glamour—particularly that of the fast-talking and even quicker walking late ’60s—mix in fabrics of the wool and mohair variety, and the end result is David Hart‘s Autumn/Winter 2015 collection; western workwear re-worked with an eccentrically modern twist.
In a third season of partnership, New York Men’s Day and Cadillac accelerate past the present state of American menswear, offering a nurturing home for emerging and contemporary designers to showcase their work in a collaborative, bi-annual setting in NYC. To officially kick off Autumn/Winter 2015–this season the event takes place on February 11, 2015—all 12 designers have taken part in the official Cadillac Car Wrap Challenge. Tasked with the creative opportunity to transform Cadillac’s ELR into a work of moving art, each designer submitted a digital rendering of the vehicle that brings their brands to life atop the hybrid coupe. The three winning car designs will be unveiled at the showcase next Wednesday, but until then see some of our favorite entries from Timo Weiland, J.Lindeberg, David Hart, and Lucio Castro below.
A hopeful resolution to one of those ‘whatever happened to?’ stories, long-lived American suit makers Hickey Freeman has recruited David Hart—the independent New York designer that evolved his full line of sports-inspired tailored wear from a small release of bow ties—to update the brand, starting first with its sportswear division. With the announcement, arrives peeks of Hart’s debut collection under Hickey Freeman, a thoroughly contemporary assortment of soft-structured jackets, citrus colored knits, and relaxed fits with a cool-minded inclination to layer.
Image: Leandro Justen.
Image: Leandro Justen.
“It is a huge honor to join Hickey Freeman. It is an icon in menswear and incredibly exciting for me to add to its rich history,” said Hart in a statement. The relaunched Hickey Freeman will reveal its full Autumn/Winter 2015 collection in February at New York Men’s Day.
Though #NYFW is well and over for the Spring/Summer 2015 season (and good riddance!), we can’t help but miss the vivacious volume of the playful playlists—and sometimes even sexy soundtracks?—that accompanied each designer’s display. From ’80s kickbacks to performances in media res, we’ve assembled some of our favorite tunes from the best menswear shows and presentations of the week (week and a half? two weeks? who’s counting?). So whether you’re working through the weekday, or fanatically waiting until the new product hits the retail floor, hopefully these mixes make the time go by faster…or at least slightly more fun. First up is David Hart‘s soundtrack from his Spring/Summer 2015 presentation in New York City at Industria Superstudio for New York Men’s Day mixed by Work TVK.
Audio: Work TVK, courtesy of David Hart.
Track list in the following order:
01. “Shake Your Coconuts” (DFA Remix) – Junior Senior
02. “In The Hospital” – Friendly Fires
03. “Hello? Is This Thing On?” – !!!
04. “Jerk It Out” – Caesars Palace
05. “Rich Girls” – The Virgins
06. “The Distance” (Metronomy Remix) – Dntel
07. “My Love Is Real” – Divine Fits
08. “That’s Entertainment” [Demo Version] – The Jam
09. “Good Weekend” – Art Brut
10. “Swimming Pools (Drank)” (Kendrick Lamar cover) – George Barnett
11. “In this Lonely Town” – Jeremy Jay
12. “Cool Scene” – The Dandy Warhols
13. “Synthesizer” – OutKast
14. “The Good Ones” – The Kills
15. “Exister” – Prototypes
16. “Repetition Kills You” – The Black Ghosts
17. “Hot Blood” – Stereo MCs
Want more? See our backstage coverage of David Hart’s Spring/Summer 2015 presentation here.
Note: Neither Essential Homme Magazine nor David Hart claim ownership of any of these songs. If you have ownership of music in this playlist and wish to not be included, please contact us at INFO [at] essentialhommemag.com and we will remove immediately.
David Hart‘s famously-tailored formalwear took a vacation—well, slightly—in the designer’s Spring/Summer 2015 collection, presented at New York Men’s Day as playful balance between black tie and Palm Springs nostalgia.
Listen up men of New York: in case you haven’t heard, we’ve finally been given a day for ourselves. This Wednesday, February 5th, marks the inaugural launch of Agentry PR’s New York Men’s Day, a bi-annual presentation of the best and brightest in US menswear, presented by Cadillac and held at Industria Studios. While it’s no LC:M, it is certainly progress. This season the roster includes a mix of seven talented designer that range in style as much as one might expect. Luckily, we got the low-down on each of their varying inspirations.
“This season I was inspired by the classic television series The Twilight Zone by Rod Serling. I was interested in how television made its way into every home in America as a new medium, and the impact it had on society. I also thought of this in relation to how smart phones have affected our generation [today]. There is texture and ‘static’ in the majority of the textiles I developed this season, and it runs throughout the entire collection. For the color palette, I took inspiration from photographs by photographer Alex Prager, because of the artist’s ability to capture moods of tension, suspense, isolation, and sadness in a flat colorful image…it’s the modern day version of film noir.” – David Hart, Founder and Designer
“This season we looked at the juxtaposition of modern sartorial style and Chinese traditions: from the artist The Invisible Man, films like In The Mood for Love, and the year of the horse.” – Amelia Pretious, Design Director
“The collection is a reflection of a journey – the journey from one decade to another, from the cities we visit and live in, to the people we meet that inspire our being and work. A journey from childhood to adulthood and beyond; it is a simple quest to do the work we love and perfect one’s trade. This is a tribute to that journey and an homage to its players.” – Antonio Azzuolo, Founder and Designer
“The Fall/Winter 2014 collection is inspired by the spirit of Andre Gide’s 1902 novel L’immoraliste. It contains a refined mood that lies in tension with an impending sense of freedom. Familiar silhouettes are revisited in innovative fabrics. The clothes are introspective yet quietly alluring.” – Lucio Castro, Founder and Designer
“Ernest Alexander’s Fall/Winter 2014 collection’s inspiration came from early American motorcycle racers of the 1920’s and 1930’s. The colors we chose were a reflection of the environment of that period and the people who defined the era.” – Ernest Sabine, Founder and Creative Director
“The [new] collection centers around the theme of the ‘Gaucho,’ or cowboy, and is about this spirit of self-reliance, camaraderie, and being one with nature.” – Carlos Campos, Founder and Designer
“[We] collaborated with Harley Cortez to develop some great images that gave a lot of life to the collection. Downtown New York meets the London East End.” -Sammy and Liam Fayed, Co-Founders and Designers
We thought we were safe from Father’s Day ties—an entire Essential Homme gift guide for dads without mention of such hackneyed gifts happened, and, without any news in said category, we didn’t feel at all guilty for it. ‘Till we got a little email from the guys at Park and Bond telling us about stylish dads, ties, yada yada, father’s day, yada yada, 100% of the proceeds going to the Boys Club of New York. Hold up. We love a charity cause, especially one as dedicated as a 100% donation. So we looked and lo and behold—ties as handsome as the 5 in this exclusive collection made by some of neckwear’s top players (Ovadia & Sons, David Hart, Alexander Olch, Pierrepont Hicks, Fahlgren). The collection ranges from $98 – $140 and are unique in their style from rep to silk shantung strip. You could call it a Father’s Day gift….you could call it a donation with an awesome reward…either way, someone is going home with a beautiful tie to cover their gracious heart. Go ahead, check it out here.
